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Microsoft Trained Small Language Models To Process, Better Understand Search Queries

Microsoft improved Bing with new large language models (LLMs) and small language models (SLMs), which the company says helped to reduce latency and cost associated with hosting and running search.
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Large Language Models Get All the Hype, but Small Models Do the Real Work

There’s a paradox at the heart of modern AI: The kinds of sophisticated models that companies are using to get real work done and reduce head count aren’t the ones getting all the attention. Ever-more ...
Wired

Small Language Models Are the New Rage, Researchers Say

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Large language models work well because they’re so large. The latest models from OpenAI, Meta, and DeepSeek use hundreds of billions of ...
Computer Weekly

The role of small language models in enterprise AI

According to analyst Gartner, small language models (SLMs) offer a potentially cost-effective alternative for generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) development and deployment because they are ...
Forbes

Why Small Language Models Are The Next Big Thing In AI

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. How Global Leaders are Rebooting industries-business-societies & more. Andrew Ross Sorkin and Elon Musk speak onstage during The ...
Quanta Magazine

Why Do Researchers Care About Small Language Models?

Large language models work well because they’re so large. The latest models from OpenAI, Meta and DeepSeek use hundreds of billions of “parameters” — the adjustable knobs that determine connections ...
Forbes

Small Language Models Could Redefine The AI Race

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the economics of AI. When ChatGPT, Gemini and its other generative AI cohorts burst onto the scene a little over two ...
SiliconANGLE

Microsoft open-sources its Phi-4 small language model

Microsoft Corp. today released the code for Phi-4, a small language model that can generate text and solve math problems. The company first detailed the model last month. Initially, Phi-4 was only ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Small Language Models Create New Security Risks

The rollout of edge AI is creating new security risks due to a mix of small language models (SLMs), their integration into increasingly complex hardware, and the behavior and interactions of both over ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Small Vs. Large Language Models

The proliferation of edge AI will require fundamental changes in language models and chip architectures to make inferencing and learning outside of AI data centers a viable option. The initial goal ...
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Turning PCs and mobile devices into AI infrastructure can slash operational costs

Until now, AI services based on large language models (LLMs) have mostly relied on expensive data center GPUs. This has ...